Precise Writing

Choose the best concluding sentence for a paragraph with this topic sentence: 
Choosing a car can be tricky unless you follow these guidelines.

• Choosing a car is a lot like choosing a horse.
• It depends on the features that you feel are most important.
• Following these guidelines can lead you to a satisfying purchase.

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CCSS.L.1.6

CCSS.L.5.6

Choose the best concluding sentence for a paragraph with this topic sentence: 
Education is the best thing you can do to advance your career.

• Careers are built on experience, skill and education.
• Education is necessary for professionals but not for laborers.
• English is a skill you can learn to advance your career.

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CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.W.6.2D

CCSS.W.7.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

Choose the best concluding sentence for a paragraph with this topic sentence: 
When my family comes to visit, the backyard is transformed into a park with picnic tables, barbecue and, of course, the volleyball net.

• Some say it's the family circus in our backyard, but I link to think of it as our family picnic in our own little park.
• The relatives come from twenty different states to meet for two or three days, once a year.
• We play volleyball, rain or shine, and barbecue everything-steak, fish, vegetables, even slices of bread.

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CCSS.L.1.6

CCSS.L.5.6

What is the BEST way to write this sentence:

There is a desire on the part of many of us to maintain a spring break for the purpose of getting away from the demands of our school work.

• Many of us want to maintain spring break to get away from our studies.
• There is a desire from many of us to maintain spring break due to the fact that we want to get away from the demands of our studies.
• Because we want to get away from the demands of our school work, many of us desire to maintain a spring break.

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CCSS.L.1.5A

CCSS.L.1.5B

CCSS.L.K.5A

What is the MOST PRECISE way to write this sentence:
After a long period of time, my dog gave birth to a lot of puppies.

• After what seemed like forever, my dog gave birth to tons of puppies.
• After ten hours, my dog gave birth to eight brown and white puppies.
• My dog gave birth to so man puppies after quite a few hours.

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CCSS.L.1.5A

CCSS.L.1.5B

CCSS.L.K.5A

What is the MOST PRECISE way to write this sentence:
After a long period of time, my dog gave birth to a lot of puppies.

• After what seemed like forever, my dog gave birth to tons of puppies.
• After ten hours, my dog gave birth to eight brown and white puppies.
• My dog gave birth to so man puppies after quite a few hours.

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CCSS.L.1.5A

CCSS.L.1.5B

CCSS.L.K.5A

How can you write this sentence MOST VIVIDLY?

The waves came into the shore.

• All day long, the blue waves crashed into the sand.
• The waves came into the shore with a great whooshing sound.
• The waves crashed and danced along the shore, moving up and down in a graceful and gentle rhythm like they were dancing.

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CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.L.7.5

CCSS.L.8.5

What is the BEST way to write this sentence:
He was really late to his English class due to the fact that he had to finish his math test.

• Due to the fact that he had to finish a math test, he was really late to his English class.
• He was really late to his English class as a result of the fact that he had to finish his math test.
• He was really late to his English class because he had to finish his math test.

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CCSS.L.1.5A

CCSS.L.1.5B

CCSS.L.K.5A

How can you write this sentence MOST VIVIDLY?
The dogs fur was really soft and it was black and very shiny.

• The dogs fur was as smooth as silk, and it shined under the sunlight.
• The soft fur of the dog felt like silk against my skin and her black coloring glistened as it absorbed the sunlight, reflecting it back as a perfect, deep, dark mirror.
• The dogs fur was so black that it absorbed the sunlight and reflected it.

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CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.L.7.5

CCSS.L.8.5

What is the best way to write this sentence:
In order to prove that he could hold his own on the track team, Gordo had to train hard like the old runners.

• To prove that he could hold his own on the track team, Gordo had to train hard like the older runners.
• Gordo had to train hard like the old runners in order to prove hat he could hold his own on the track team.
• Training hard like the old runners, Gordo had to prove that he could hold his own on the track team.

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CCSS.L.11-12.3A

CCSS.L.7.1C